HANOVER, HESSE, WESTPHALIA, THURINGIA AND RHINELAND 1757-1762 (150AP-400AP)

HANOVER, HESSE, WESTPHALIA, THURINGIA AND RHINELAND 1757-1762 (150AP-400AP)

(Seven Years War.)

HANOVERIAN AND ALLIES – Aggression: 4

1 x HQ (Cumberland 1757) @ 20AP or Brilliant HQ (Ferdinand 1758-62) @ 40AP, 0-2 x Brilliant subordinate CP (Erbprinz, Holstein-Gottorp, Granby 1759-62) @ 30AP or CP @ 15AP, 0-1 x Inert subordinate CP (Sackville 1758-1759) @ 5AP or subordinate CP @ 15AP, 0-1 x Pontooneers @ 2AP, 0-1 x Supply Base @ 8AP.

Hanoverian: 0-2 x Heavy Cavalry @ 5AP, 1-2 x Dragoons @ 4AP, 0-2 x Light Horse (Luckner’s Hussars, Mounted Jager) @ 2AP, 0-1 x Elite Muskets (Guards) @ 5AP, 1-3 x Elite Bayonets (brigaded Grenadiers) @ 5AP, 5-12 x Muskets @ 3AP, 1-3 x Elite Marksmen (Jager) @ 3AP, 1-2 x Smoothbore Field Artillery @ 8AP, 0-1 x Smoothbore Heavy Artillery @ 12AP.

British 1758-62: 1-2 x Heavy Cavalry (Dragoon Guards) @ 5AP, 0-1 x Dragoons @ 4AP, 0-1 x Light Cavalry (Light Dragoons) @ 5AP, 0-2 x Elite Muskets (Guards) @ 5AP, 0-2 x Elite Bayonets (brigaded Grenadiers) @ 5AP, 0-1 x Bayonets (Highlanders) @ 4AP, 4-6 x Muskets @ 3AP, 0-2 x Inferior Marksmen (British Legion 1760> only) @ 1AP, 1-2 x Smoothbore Field Artillery @ 8AP.

Hessian: 0-2 x Cuirassiers @ 6AP, 1-2 x Dragoons @ 4AP, 0-2 x Elite Bayonets (brigaded Grenadiers) @ 5AP, 2-4 x Muskets @ 3AP, 0-1 x Elite Marksmen (Jager) @ 3AP, 0-2 x Inferior Muskets (Militia 1759-62 only) @ 2AP, 0-1 x Smoothbore Artillery.

Brunswick: 0-1 x Inferior Cuirassiers (Dragoons) @ 4AP, 0-1 x Light Horse (Hussars) @ 2AP, 0-1 x Elite Bayonets @ 5AP, 2-4 x Muskets @ 3AP.

Prussian: 0-2 x Dragoons (1758-60) @ 4AP, 1-2 x Light Cavalry (Hussars 1758-62) @ 5AP, 0-4 x Muskets (1757-60) @ 3AP.

Buckeberg: 1-2 x Smoothbore Field Artillery @ 8AP.

Notes: Troops of all nationalities were usually mixed in commands under generals of any nationality. Buckeberg provided only artillery and a single battalion to escort them. Brunswick dragoons wore cuirasses.

FRENCH – Aggression: 2

1-2 x Brilliant HQ (Broglie 1759-61) @ 40AP or HQ (D’Estrees 1757, Contades 1758-59, Castries 1761-62) @ 20AP or Inert HQ (Soubise 1758-62, Clermont 1758) @ 10 AP, 0-2 x Brilliant subordinate CP (Broglie 1757-58, Chevert 1757-58) @ 30AP or subordinate CP @ 15AP, 0-1 x allied CP (Lusace 1758-60) @ 15AP, 0-1 x Elite Cuirassiers (Maison and Gendarmerie) @ 8AP, 4-6 x Cuirassiers @ 6AP, 2-6 x Dragoons @ 4AP, 1-2 x Inferior Light Horse (Hussars) @ 1AP, 0-2 x Elite Muskets (Guards) @ 5AP, 0-4 x Elite Bayonets (brigaded Grenadiers) @ 5AP, 0-4 x Muskets (“Old Regiments”) @ 3AP, 10-36 x Inferior Muskets (other regiments >1758) @ 2AP or Muskets (other regiments 1758>) @ 3AP, 0-2 x Muskets (Swiss) @ 3AP, 0-1 x Muskets (Irish) @ 3AP, 1-2 x Marksmen @ 2AP, 1 per 5-8 Muskets x Smoothbore Field Artillery @ 8AP, 0-1 x Smoothbore Heavy Artillery @ 12AP, 0-3 x Firelocks (Wurtembergers 1758) @ 2AP, 0-1 x Concealment @ 10AP, 0-2 x Redoubts @ 5AP, 0-1 x Pontooneers @ 2AP, 0-1 x Supply Base @ 8AP.

Saxons 1758-60: 0-4 x Pistols (Cuirassiers) @ 5AP, 0-1 x LH (Uhlans) @ 2AP, 0-1 x Elite Bayonets (brigaded Grenadiers) @ 5AP, 3-6 x Firelocks @ 2AP.

Note: Yes, it is possible to have 2 C-in-C’s or for a C-in-C to have no subordinate generals allowed to control more than a brigade. King Louis preferred telling senior generals to co-operate with each other to establishing a proper chain of command. Influence at court counted more than ability. If present, Lusace must command at least some of his own Saxons but can also command French troops. The “Old Regiments” are those whose standards have a single background colour behind the white cross, namely Picardie, Champagne, Navarre, Piemont and Normandie. There was a marked improvement in French infantry after Belle-Isle’s reforms in 1758.